Knockdown box.



No. 764,740. PATENTBD JULY 12, 1904, J. LUCAS. KNOGKDOWN BOX.

APPLICATION FILI-1D SEPT. 23, 1903.

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PATENTE@ ,JULY 12, 1904 J. LUCAS. KNOCKDOWN BOX,

APPLzoATIoN FILED snm?. 23, 190.3,

n N0 MODEL.

`NiTeD STATES PATENT Patented July 12, 1904.

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JONATHAN LUCAS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO J ULIUS H. OPPENHEIM. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KNOCKDOWN BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,740, dated July 12, 1904.

pplCtOll fild September 23, 1903. Serial No. 174,291. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JONATHAN LUCAS, a citizen o l: the United States of Am erica, and a resident of the city of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knoekdown Boxes, of which the following is a specilication.

M y invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of 'pasteboard boxes known as knockdown boxes; and the object of my invention is to produce a box of this character which is cheap to manufacture and when set up is stronger and more durable than any boxes now known or used.

1V ith these objects in view my invention consists of certain details of construction and combination of parts, which will iirst be described and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, wherein the same part is designated by the same reference-numeral wherever it appears, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete box made in accordance with my invention, showing it in its set-up condition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottom of the box, the cover being removed. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section of the box shown in Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bottom of the box in its knockdown position. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the top of the box. Fig. (3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the bottom raised.

l represents the box, and Q the cover. The box is formed with a bottom 3, which is of rectangular or other suitable shape. The sides of the box consist of a strip 4, the ends of which are joined together and suitably creased or scored to form the corners of the sides, this constituting` an endless band which forms a rectangle when expanded. Formed on the sides, and preferably integral therewith, are the iiaps 5, which are adapted to be secured to the bottom 3 by pasting, as is shown most clearly in Fig. 2. These iaps 5 I term stubiiaps, because they are preferably of short length` being only of suiiicient length to be securely attached to the bottom. These fiaps reinforce the edges of the box, and thus give strength to the structure.

In manufacturing boxes one of the iaps 5 is secured to the bottoni 1,^so that the sides can be folded out flat, as is shown in Fig. 5. To make up the box ready for use, the sides are opened up and the bottom folded down under the fiaps 5, Which are then secured to the bottom, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means the box when set up is stronger than the ordinary form of pasteboard boxes, and there are no projecting corners to catch, as is the ease with the ordinary form of a knockdown box.

It will be seen that while this box is in the lirst instance a knockdown box it becomes after it has been set up a solid box and cannot be again knocked down. By this construction I am enabled to construct a box which may be compactly shipped and stored and one which may be easily and quickly set up by the user and which when set up becomes a solid box and one which is stronger and more durable than the ordinary form of solid box. The box is cheaper than the ordinary form of solid box, because it does. not have to be covered, since any ornamental design can be printed directly 0n the board from which the box is constructed. Furthermore, it does not have to be labeled by pasting labels thereon as in the ordinary form of solid box, as the printing may be done directly on the board from which the box is formed. f

The cover for this box is constructed in the same manner as the bottomthat is to say, there is a top 6 and the sides 7, which are constructed in the same manner as the sides 4 and are provided with the flaps 8.

By constructing a box as above described the box and cover are duplicates, and when they are in their folded or knockdown position they each have portions which are of a single thickness and other portions which are of a double thickness. Then the two parts of the box are reversed and placed in juxtaposition one over the other, the single thickness of one will -be on top of the double thick- While I have described what I believe to be the preferred form of my invention, I desire to have it understood .that many changes may be made in the form and construction of the parts without departing from the spirit of my invention.

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new article of manufacture, folded boxblanks from which are adapted to be formed a permanent box and cover comprising duplicate body and top portions, each having when in their folded condition a part composed of a single thickness and a part composed of a double thickness of material, whereby the said body and top portions are adapted to be reversibly juxtaposed one on top of the other in packing, and pile evenly.

2. As a new article of manufacture, folded boX- blanks from which are adapted to be formed a permanent box and cover comprising duplicate body and top portions, the body and top portions each being composed of a main portion and sides comprising an endless band forming a rectangular frame when expanded, the band being secured at one side of the rectangle to the main portion and having means for attaching the other three sides of the rectangle to the body portion, whereby when in their folded condition each will have a part composed of a single thickness and a part composed of a double thickness of material, whereby said body and top portions are adapted to' be reversibly juxtaposed one on top of the other in packing, and pile evenly.

3. As a new article of manufacture, folded box-blanks from which are adapted to be formed a permanent box and cover comprising duplicate body and top portions, the body and top portions each being composed of a main portion and sides comprising an endless band forming a rectangular frame when expanded, the band being secured at one side of the rectangle to the main portion and provided on the other three sides of the rectangle with flaps adapted to be secured to the main portion, whereby when in their folded condition each will have a part composed of a single thickness anda part composed of a double thickness of material, whereby said body and top portions are adapted to be reversibly juxtaposed one on top of the other in packing, and pile evenly.

Signed by me at Charleston, South Carolina, this 21st day of September, 1903.

JONATHAN LUCAS.

Vitnesscs:

ROBERT PnNNoL EVANS, T. EMILE DU FORT. 

